In the second episode of our 4th season, we invited Tony Jones, theologian-in-residence at Solomons Porch in Minneapolis, to join Carol Howard Merritt and Landon Whitsitt to discuss his newest book The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community. Some highlights from the show… This is a book about a pamphlet [GCR producer: think Jack Chick track, only a lot older and without the scary images] (2:00), how Tony decided to write on the Didache (7:00), what faith communities looked like during the time the Didache was written (7:50), Trucker Frank’s community (11:50), sexual mores + clash of civilizations (15:00), did the Didache have an impact on Tony’s theology? (26:10).

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In the first episode of our 4th season, we invited Steve Knight of the Transform Network to join Carol Howard Merritt and Landon Whitsitt to discuss mission in the 21st century church. Some highlights from the show… Steve talked about the Transform Network (1:00), what missional communities have in common (6:05), grassroots vs. top-down models (11:12), what the end of networking together should be (13:06). Landon and Carol then jump into the convo (24:38), discuss what “missional” means (26:15), differences between evangelical and mainline churches in regards to culture (29:48), and then how denominationalism isn’t where “silos” of culture are anymore (42:55).

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Season 4 is a new mission for the God Complex Radio gang (Carol, Landon, and yours truly)… thus we start with a conversation on mission.

We interviewed Steve Knight of the Transform Network last week and look forward to sharing the audio love with you in a couple days. In the meantime, take a look at the Transform Network website, which Steve founded.